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United States Patent | 6,201,295 |
Iwasaki | March 13, 2001 |
An external storage device includes a storage medium series element containing at least a non-volatile memory device and external connection terminals connected to input/output terminals of the storage medium series element. An insulator molds the series element and terminals into a plate to form a plate-shaped external storage device. The terminals may be exposed in concavities or in a plane on a peripheral surface of the external storage device.
Inventors: | Iwasaki; Hiroshi (Yokohama, JP) |
Assignee: | Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Appl. No.: | 933309 |
Filed: | September 18, 1997 |
Apr 28, 1993[JP] | 5-102884 |
Current U.S. Class: | 257/679; 257/690; 257/693; 257/698; 257/E21.504; 257/E23.061; 257/E23.124 |
Intern'l Class: | H01L 023/02; H01L 023/48; H01L 023/04 |
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